Dexterity
[dek'sterɪtɪ] or [dɛk'stɛrəti]
解释:
(n.) Right-handedness.
(n.) Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel.
(n.) Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers; quickness and skill in managing any complicated or difficult affair; adroitness.
丹尼斯编辑
同义词及近义词:
n. Skill, skilfulness, adroitness, expertness, readiness, facility, aptness, aptitude, address, quickness, cleverness, knack, ability, tact, art.
编辑:韦斯利
同义词及反义词:
[See ABILITY]
霍雷肖整理
例句:
- A somewhat difficult feat, achieved with great dexterity, and with a prodigious splash. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- She then took the post of toaster-general; and kneeling on the rug, fork in hand, fulfilled her office with dexterity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Mr. Micawber, with a perfect miracle of dexterity or luck, caught his advancing knuckles with the ruler, and disabled his right hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- But, he was on his feet directly, and after sponging himself with a great show of dexterity began squaring again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- In his fourth combat with De Grantmesnil, the Disinherited Knight showed as much courtesy as he had hitherto evinced courage and dexterity. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- In a tribe of hunters or shepherds, a particular person makes bows and arrows, for example, with more readiness and dexterity than any other. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Where the dexterity of the lawyers, eager to discover a flaw? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Young John locked his door for him as they went out, slided the key into his pocket with great dexterity, and led the way to his own residence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- He had shown little or no military ability, but considerable dexterity and administrative power. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Then he changed his tactics, and fighting warily and with extreme dexterity, he tried to do by science what he was unable to do by brute strength. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The process of bottling requires great manual dexterity. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Friend Wamba, said he, of all those who are fools enough to serve Cedric, thou alone hast dexterity enough to make thy folly acceptable to him. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- But do you not admire, I said, the coolness and dexterity of these ready ministers of political corruption? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- The King noticed this, and smiled broadly at the Englishman's want of dexterity. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Mr. Bucket lost no time in transferring this paper, with the dexterity of a conjuror, from Mr. Smallweed to Mr. Jarndyce. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
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